The High Line/Part Two

The newly opened part of the High line -- between 20th and 30th Streets 

-- was amazingly busy last Saturday afternoon when the weather was sultry.

More of the urban/country/green experience.....

with the cars whizzing beneath us.

Piet Oudolf's grass designs will take a little time to settle in

meanwhile you can sit and ponder the wonders of 25th Street (if you really want to!)

At 30th Street is Rainbow City -- a big hit, I think, with the younger set

who can pummel the balloons and spin them to their hearts' content.

The slightly older may prefer the 'beer garden'.

Chelsea Angles

New York is such a vertical city that much of my time is spent looking either upwards or downwards.

Here a nice dramatic, stormy sky over the High Line.

Here looking down on 14th Street from the new Standard Hotel

 -- a mecca for hipsters. Definitely not recommended for those

  put off by large doses of snarky attitude.

Joe Pie weed, that usually loves growing in swamps, seems pretty cheerful on the elevated tracks.

Reya often takes pictures of reflections in cars. It works best when the cars are super clean. Here is 24th Street looking askew.

This blog is all about New York, but I sometimes long for England. My list of wonderful English bloggers is long, but when I want to relish English design/illustration at its best I go to Valerie Greeley's Acornmoon. She has kindly mentioned me in a recent post.
You can see how her world is so very different from mine. This is the joy of blogging, I think, that we can have glimpses into other people's worlds. Some thumb nails of her world below.

23rd Street

Very early in the morning the sun hits a building on the south side

 of the street and a plane looks like a comet heading earthwards.

High up, where the new building is, it is morning. Down below darkness still lingers.

Somehow, the shape of the new building is echoed in the garbage truck.

The black railing is the High Line soon-to-be park extension.

All the construction materials are cleverly reflected in the apartment building.

So many buildings to take pictures of. I'm longing for the plants to arrive.

My main blog is now here 

Friday People

Waiting for the work day to begin.

23rd Street

Different ends of the spectrum.

High Line. Spencer Finch Window

Mother and Daughter

High Line

An artist to record it all.

High Line

and 8th Avenue at noon.

For Isabel's lovely philosophical essay about landscape and the High Line go here.

Saturday: Shadows, Squares and Colors

What a hideous old radiator. What messy scraps of paper on it.

The morning light makes it tolerable.

Isabel and I take pictures of the best recent piece

 of public art in New York. So many squares.

Later we go to a notions shop in my least favorite part of town.

The ribbons made me want to turn into

 the sort of person who does crafts all the time.

I love this color and this one, and what about that one?

Such goggle-eyed greed.

For lots of other ShadowShots go here.

Shadows and Details

Morning light makes stripes from the very old Windsor chair.

Construction above the High Line.

Do I live there? Almost.

Two leaves fall prematurely on a table at the Half King.

Iced water. Sunhat. Summer.

For  lots more shadowshots visit heyharriet here.

Style

I was completely blown away 

 when Constance suggested watching a you tube about 

the OMO people.

Hans Silvester's photographs stun.

In New York people love style but nothing quite 

as amazing as this.

Herewith New York very recently

How wonderful to have the entire world on your head.

High Line July 24th

Heading to day camp.

Bus stop at 23rd Street.

Day camp T-shirts.

High Line.

The woman on the left is in NY default: black and white.

Her companion has made an effort.

Bravo.

9th Avenue

And the winner is..............

this elegant dresser.

23rd Street and 8th Avenue.

THe High Line Street Fair

photo courtesy of Robert Schmid

So many people in the street on a bright sunny day.

It felt almost like Mardi Gras.

 photo: Robert Schmid

There were all sorts of balloon creations.

Very different from ones I've seen before.

This one is like a sea anemone

or a flower

or even a piece of sushi

it takes on a life of its own

 soaring up into the blue.

Wednesday

Morning: Skateboard kidz act cool on 23rd Street.

Afternoon: A little bird cheeps on 22nd Street. Paz take note.

Evening: Looking down from the High Line.

Such long shadows.

More of the same.

 By  happy chance we ran into BonBonOiseau

and talked about Morocco.

Night. Same place.

 

Keeping Busy

These men have escaped from one of Robert's paintings.
(cut out paper propped on the window )

This wire man walks round a shelf near the ceiling.

He once had an umbrella drink.

Courtesy of Bobby Schmid

This singer plays funky blues every day.

Corner of 23rd St and 7th Avenue.

The snacks from the independent film aren't so good

as the ones provided by Law and Order. Oh, well.

In the Meatpacking District men with a message.

It's graduation season.

Daryl Fashionista visits the High Line and poses in

front of the amazing stained glass.